| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7591913 |
Thermoelectric properties by high temperature annealing |
September 22, 2009 |
| The present invention generally provides methods of improving thermoelectric properties of alloys by subjecting them to one or more high temperature annealing steps, performed at temperatures at which the alloys exhibit a mixed solid/liquid phase, followed by cooling steps. For examp |
| 7586033 |
Metal-doped semiconductor nanoparticles and methods of synthesis thereof |
September 8, 2009 |
| The present invention generally relates to binary or higher order semiconductor nanoparticles doped with a metallic element, and thermoelectric compositions incorporating such nanoparticles. In one aspect, the present invention provides a thermoelectric composition comprising a plura |
| 7508110 |
Surface plasmon coupled nonequilibrium thermoelectric devices |
March 24, 2009 |
| A surface-plasmon-coupled thermoelectric apparatus includes a first surface-plasmon substrate and a thermoelectric substrate electrically coupled to a plurality of electrodes. The substrates are electrically isolated from each other, and a first face of the thermoelectric substrate o |
| 7471448 |
Surface phonon-polariton raman laser |
December 30, 2008 |
| An optical device includes an input optical source that provides and optical signal to the optical device. A surface phonon polariton (SPP) nanostructure receives the optical signal that interacts with the SPP nanostructure to excite a Raman process and produce a Raman light signal. |
| 7465871 |
Nanocomposites with high thermoelectric figures of merit |
December 16, 2008 |
| The present invention is generally directed to nanocomposite thermoelectric materials that exhibit enhanced thermoelectric properties. The nanocomposite materials include two or more components, with at least one of the components forming nano-sized structures within the composite ma |
| 7255846 |
Methods for synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals and thermoelectric compositions |
August 14, 2007 |
| The present invention provides methods for synthesis of IV VI nanostructures, and thermoelectric compositions formed of such structures. In one aspect, the method includes forming a solution of a Group IV reagent, a Group VI reagent and a surfactant. A reducing agent can be added to |
